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Sound of gunshots and fear of being attacked led to the end of a court proceeding in Imo State on Friday.

Judges, lawyers, other court officials and everyone in the court premises all fled for safety to avoid being victims of gunshot.

While it was said that robbers were operating in a nearby bank, the police dispelled the claim as rumor, saying its men were responsible for the shooting.

Police spokesperson, Orlando Ikeokwu, on Saturday told our correspondent that they had responded to an intelligence report that some men were laying siege to a bank in the area to rob it.

He said, “Gunmen didn’t disrupt any court proceeding in Isiala Mbano. 

"What happened was that the police got intelligence that three hefty men in a car parked near a bank in Umuelemai were waiting to rob the place.

“Policemen responded, cordoned off the area and arrested the men. 

"It was in the process that people who were in a court near the scene ran away, apparently thinking that gunmen were attacking the bank."

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Sound of gunshots and fear of being attacked led to the end of a court proceeding in Imo State on Friday.

Judges, lawyers, other court officials and everyone in the court premises all fled for safety to avoid being victims of gunshot.

While it was said that robbers were operating in a nearby bank, the police dispelled the claim as rumor, saying its men were responsible for the shooting.

Police spokesperson, Orlando Ikeokwu, on Saturday told our correspondent that they had responded to an intelligence report that some men were laying siege to a bank in the area to rob it.

He said, “Gunmen didn’t disrupt any court proceeding in Isiala Mbano. 

"What happened was that the police got intelligence that three hefty men in a car parked near a bank in Umuelemai were waiting to rob the place.

“Policemen responded, cordoned off the area and arrested the men. 

"It was in the process that people who were in a court near the scene ran away, apparently thinking that gunmen were attacking the bank."

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The Court of Appeal in Lagos has affirmed Babajide Sanwo-Olu's election victory as governor of Lagos State by dismissing an appeal filed by the Labour Party and its candidate, Ifagbemi Awamaridi.

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had ruled in favour of Sanwo-Olu but unsatisfied with the ruling, Awamaridi proceeded to the appellate court.

He had claimed that Sanwo-Olu was not qualified to contest the election and that he also did not win the March 2019 election.

The Court of Appeal in a unanimous decision, held that the appeal lodged by Labour Party lacked merit.

The five-man panel held that the complainant failed to provide any evidence through witnesses and other channels to substantiate the position that Sanwo-Olu did not win the governorship election.

Reading the decision of the court, Justice Hannatu Sankey specifically affirmed the decisions reached by the tribunal, adding that the petitioner went on a “Columbian journey of making assertions with nothing to back it up.

“The appeal is lacking in merit and is hereby dismissed.

"I hereby uphold the judgment of the Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal.”

 

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The Court of Appeal in Lagos has affirmed Babajide Sanwo-Olu's election victory as governor of Lagos State by dismissing an appeal filed by the Labour Party and its candidate, Ifagbemi Awamaridi.

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had ruled in favour of Sanwo-Olu but unsatisfied with the ruling, Awamaridi proceeded to the appellate court.

He had claimed that Sanwo-Olu was not qualified to contest the election and that he also did not win the March 2019 election.

The Court of Appeal in a unanimous decision, held that the appeal lodged by Labour Party lacked merit.

The five-man panel held that the complainant failed to provide any evidence through witnesses and other channels to substantiate the position that Sanwo-Olu did not win the governorship election.

Reading the decision of the court, Justice Hannatu Sankey specifically affirmed the decisions reached by the tribunal, adding that the petitioner went on a “Columbian journey of making assertions with nothing to back it up.

“The appeal is lacking in merit and is hereby dismissed.

"I hereby uphold the judgment of the Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal.”

 

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Human rights activists on Saturday commenced a sit-out at the headquarters of Department of State Services in Abuja over the agency's refusal to release Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare. 

The protesters, who were at the facility on Saturday morning to receive the activists, were denied access alongside  one of Sowore's lawyers, Marshal Abubakar, and some members of his family. 

One of the coordinators of the sit-out, Lanre Legacy, described the action of DSS in flouting court orders and holding  Sowore further as an invitation to anarchy. 

He said, "It means we don't have a country that is working because the government has failed to respect itself its own institution.

"That is anarchy, we are in the jungle.

"We are calling on the government to respect the rule of law." 

On his own, Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the Director-General of the DSS to release Sowore in the interest of justice. 

According to him, "We have spoken to some senior staff of the service but they are telling us that they are not around in the office. 

"We know that is another plot to keep Sowore unlawfully beyond the time specified by the court."

Adeyanju said the group would continue to carry out and sustain the sit-out on daily basis until Sowore was released. 

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Human rights activists on Saturday commenced a sit-out at the headquarters of Department of State Services in Abuja over the agency's refusal to release Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare. 

The protesters, who were at the facility on Saturday morning to receive the activists, were denied access alongside  one of Sowore's lawyers, Marshal Abubakar, and some members of his family. 

One of the coordinators of the sit-out, Lanre Legacy, described the action of DSS in flouting court orders and holding  Sowore further as an invitation to anarchy. 

He said, "It means we don't have a country that is working because the government has failed to respect itself its own institution.

"That is anarchy, we are in the jungle.

"We are calling on the government to respect the rule of law." 

On his own, Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the Director-General of the DSS to release Sowore in the interest of justice. 

According to him, "We have spoken to some senior staff of the service but they are telling us that they are not around in the office. 

"We know that is another plot to keep Sowore unlawfully beyond the time specified by the court."

Adeyanju said the group would continue to carry out and sustain the sit-out on daily basis until Sowore was released. 

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The Nigerian state security service claims that nobody has come to collect Omoyele Sowore on bail.

 

SaharaReporters has obtained exclusive conversations between members of the House of Representatives indicating a rift between Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, and Abdulmumin Jibrin, a member of the house.

The disagreement stems from what some members described as sycophancy around the Speaker while others in the conversation attributed it to his inability to run the lower legislative arm of Nigeria’s parliament effectively.

The warring parties called for the destabilisation of the house due to personal differences.

The internal rancour within the All Progressives Congress fold in the House of Representatives comes at a time Nigerians are criticising lawmakers for their anti-people policies and actions laced with greed.

Recall that In June 2011, SaharaReporters had exclusively reported how Gbajabiamila gave members of the House of Reps vouchers and credit cards with a view to influencing and inducing them for votes.

 

 

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The Nigerian Government has said it sacked 35 aides of Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, to “save money”.

Osinbajo whose responsibility as head of the nation's economic team was taken away few months ago, had been the subject of power cuts in recent times within the Presidency.

Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said in a series of tweets that the motive was to save taxpayers money.

The tweet reads, “The Presidency wishes to confirm that there is on-going, an unprecedented overhaul of the nation’s seat of government arising from which a number of political appointments have either been revoked or not renewed.

“The exercise, which has been ordered by the President, is to streamline decision-making, cut down multiple authorities and reduce the cost of administration.

“It is also an appropriate response to the general perception that the Presidency has an oversized and bloated workforce which acts as a drag on efficiency.

“As may have been noticed by discerning members of the public, a number of political appointees among the few that served in the office of the President were not returned for the second term.

“The office of the Vice President, His Excellency Yemi Osinbajo has, in compliance with the directive of the President, equally been shed of a number of such appointees.

“In carrying out these exercises, the overriding objective is to save taxpayer money and deliver needed service to the public.”

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